Twenty jobs at risk as Bristol Evening Post axes Saturday editon

The Evening Post's sister title, the Western Daily Press, will still be published on a Saturday

Twenty positions are under threat after Northcliffe Media announced
the Bristol Evening Post will stop publishing on a Saturday from
next month, renaming the newspaper 'the Post' from Thursday 19
April.

The paper switched to publishing in the morning in 2009 and the
renaming is said to better reflect this situation. The switch to
publishing five days a week will allow
the Evening Post's sister title, the Western Daily Press, to
stand out more on a Saturday, according to a release from
Northcliffe.

Bristol News and Media publisher Alan Renwick said in a statement:
"These planned changes give us a more focused and flexible set of
publications which are much more closely aligned to our customers
and give us a better platform for future growth."

It is currently not known how many of the 20 potential redundancies
are journalists.

As part of the changes, arts and culture-focused Venue magazine will go online only.
Current Venue publishing director Dave Higgins will leave the
company at the end of this month, according to the Northcliffe
statement. However, the lifestyle publication Folio, which is
jointly produced with Venue, will continue as a stand-alone monthly
magazine.

The Bristol Evening Post's circulation was 36,262 in January, the
most recently reported ABC-audited figures.

UPDATE: Michelle Stanistreet, general secretary of
the National Union of Journalists, has issued a statement
condemning the "shock announcement".

"We call on the paper’s management to take steps to avoid job
losses and enter into meaningful consultation with staff and their
union representatives."